Category Archives: GNSS/Location Tech

Senior Autopilot Engineer, Tesla California, USA Of course, a nomination from the innovation incubator Tesla would pique interest. A recent boom in R&D has connected the worlds of high-precision GNSS and multi-sensor autonomous and augmented navigation systems. Pengfei (Phil) Duan is a talented young engineer with deep roots in GNSS engineering and research who is...

Glen Mattioli, Director of Geodestic Infrastructure, UNAVCO This is the third article in our series introducing you to scientists and technologists who work in pursuit of early-warning capabilities for earthquakes and volcanoes—in the increasingly aligning fields of seismology, geodesy, and surveying. You can access this series on our website by searching the author’s name. Glen...

Postdoctoral Researcher, Wuhan University China Behind every feature of your GNSS rover are years of R&D by talented researchers in the private sector and academia. The work of GNSS R&D has become more complex, with additional satellite constellations, new signals, and new approaches to processing, augmentation, and integration with other sensors. One of the global...

BIM Director, IUYET Consortium Mexico A particularly impressive presentation at HxGN 2017 was by the IUYET Consortium about their work on the new airport rail project in Mexico City. The contributions of IUYET in the use of advanced surveying, scanning, mobile mapping, UAS, GNSS, and construction monitoring are splendid examples of the 21st century digital...

Senior Manager for Professional Services, Topcon Positioning Systems Kansas, USA Enthusiasm and energy are what make Jim Copley excel at leading his technical support team. He ensures that each customer has the information, training, and resources to make their projects successful; his work is exemplary and important to the growth and development of geospatial knowledge...

From mapping utility poles to mapping radio frequency signal leaks, this company collects and manages much of the country’s utilities and oil and gas data. Effigis is an interesting Canadian firm that offers a range of GIS solutions for utilities and the oil and gas industry—as well as its own GNSS positioning solution for asset inventory/mapping and utility/energy...